It's the law, moron

[BlaqueKatt]

now i can understand why he did this, cause you basically have to be 18 to join the army and thats the age of cigarette buying but he lost all smart points here.

not entirely true-they do have the delayed entry program, you join up at age 17 with parental/guardian consent-go to boot camp the summer of your junior year, and after graduation you go to AIT-you do have military ID as you are a US soldier-

[lobo94]

not entirely true-they do have the delayed entry program, you join up at age 17 with parental/guardian consent-go to boot camp the summer of your junior year, and after graduation you go to AIT-you do have military ID as you are a US soldier-

I think the split training option is only available for National Guard and Reserves. Friend of mine from school did that, and I went through my basic training with some split option guys. But yeah, you'd have government ID.

[Mytical]

Hmm. I thought that if your parents lived on base, the children could have military ID's also. Not as in "I am in the military", but to get around base and such. Goes to show you what I know.

Not to mention that 18 is the age to get into the Military for the most part (with some exceptions of course), and 21 is the drinking age of some places. So being in the military does not mean you get a free pass on checking age of ID, regardless.

[Dave1982]

Hmm. I thought that if your parents lived on base, the children could have military ID's also. Not as in "I am in the military", but to get around base and such. Goes to show you what I know.

According to Wikipedia (so take it with a grain of salt) you are correct, however cards issued to dependents will have a different color than those issued to actual military personnel.

[Mytical]

According to Wikipedia (so take it with a grain of salt) you are correct, however cards issued to dependents will have a different color than those issued to actual military personnel.

Ok I will. Because anything that can be edited (for the most part) by the public..some of which we hear about on these boards (the kind that have the initials SC) are down right scary, will always be taken with a grain of salt by me

[Racket_Man]

Not universally true, in the UK you can sign up at 15 and 3/4's, you won't start basic till 16, and won't be deployed to a combat zone till 18. At least last time I heard anything about joining up ages, 5 years or so ago.

when my daughter was younger she thought about joining the US military. I thought at the time you COULD possibly get in (with parental consent) at 17.

[Sapphire Silk]

According to Wikipedia (so take it with a grain of salt) you are correct, however cards issued to dependents will have a different color than those issued to actual military personnel.

It's true. They have one color for active duty military, another for dependents. I think retired have the same color as active duty.

Evil Empryss would know the exact differences.

[BookstoreEscapee]

We have Think 25 over here, and it gets on my nerves when SCs bitch about being carded. Produce your ID or piss off. And don't bitch about having to show your ID every time, cuz I have to ask every time.

The Wawa I frequent has recently put up signs about new rules that say if a person appears to be under 27 they get carded (tobacco is the only age-restricted item they sell, at least in NJ)...so be ready. The Wegman's Wine Shoppe (attached to the grocery store but separate) recently put up "all customers will be carded" signs and the couple times I've been in there since it has proved to be true (I was there around Christmas to get my dad a gift; they did not have the signs and I did not get carded).

I'm glad I never had to deal with carding people. Only reason I usually had to ask for ID was for people writing checks. The only age-restricted item I ever really dealt with was adult magazines, and I didn't sell too many of them to begin with, and mostly to people who were clearly well over 18 (ie, middle aged men). The only other one was the Anarchist's Cookbook, which we did not carry in the store but would order on request. Oddly enough, most if not all the orders were taken over the phone, and when I called the customer to let them know the book was in I informed them they had to be 18 and show ID, they would say "OK, no problem," and then never pick up the book. Odd...

[smileyeagle1021]

It's true. They have one color for active duty military, another for dependents. I think retired have the same color as active duty.

Evil Empryss would know the exact differences.

My fiance is a navy brat, and yes, active duty is a kind of redish color and dependants are a greyish color (best descriptions I can come up with). Also, the dependent cards will say dependent on them across the top.

[dalesys]

... I always made sure the dick in question was thoroughly circumscribed ...

Edited for entertainment.

[BlaqueKatt]

It's true. They have one color for active duty military, another for dependents. I think retired have the same color as active duty.

yup for the army it's green for active duty and brown for dependents-I have held both* -and dependents being jerks can also get the soldier in trouble

*as in have had both with my name and photo..

[AccountingDrone]

My fiance is a navy brat, and yes, active duty is a kind of redish color and dependants are a greyish color (best descriptions I can come up with). Also, the dependent cards will say dependent on them across the top.

<rummages her retired dependent ID out of the purse>

US Navy dependent card is:

Hm, white background with tiny little orange US seals dotting it all over, with a funky hologram in the plastic laminated on the card.

It has along the top United States Uniformed Service, then the US seal, a crappy picture of me, my signature, my social security number, along the bottom it has Identification and Privelege Card, the date it expires, sponsor service and status, his rank and pay grade, his social security number, our relationship, his name, and what I am entitled to [in my case, exchange, MWR and commisairy are not xxxed out, indicating I have full access]

It never actually comes out and says dependent on them. As near as I can remember, it has actually been orange the entire 20+ years I have carried one. hm, I have carried one since 1987, all told between both husbands for Navy, and I was an army dependent from 61-69 while my dad was active duty, and he retired after 30 years in the army, so I actually had army base privs and medical care on that side of my life until I was 21 =)

If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, paint it. Anything can be eaten with enough catsup/hot sauce [3 rules of military life ]

[dalesys]

...If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, paint it. Anything can be eaten with enough catsup/hot sauce [3 rules of military life ]

Too long in the military == puts catsup on ice cream.

[wolfie]

If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, paint it.

The way I heard that was:
If it moves, salute it.
If it doesn't move, sweep it up.
If it's to big to sweep up, pick it up.
If it's too big to pick up, paint it.

I can just imagine the results if a raw recruit, who's been indoctrinated into taking the rules literally, is assigned to duty in the Officer's Club encounters a "beefy" Colonel or General sleeping in a chair.

One other military rule to be given to recruits at basic training would be "If you see a door with your rank on it, stay out".

[AccountingDrone]

mrDrone's last boat [SSN Miami] had some bastardized chocolate softserve mix for their machine that was the nastiest flavor on earth, catsup would have been an improvement,

You remember the hippy health craze of the 60s with carob everything instead of real chocoalte for stuff, and how it looked like chocolate but *wasn't* when you ate it? It was sort of like that ...